Milford Sound

We did a fly-boat-fly tour of Milford Sound. It was really amazing! It's hard to say if the the plane trip or the boat tour was better. We were quite lucky...it was the first day that they had been able to fly to Milford Sound in almost a month, and it was a spectacular day.

Climbing out of the Queenstown airport, looking out across Speargrass Flat.
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Passing Upper Peak.
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A mountain lake on the way to Milford Sound.
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Passing Mount Madeline.
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Passing Mount Madeline.
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Approaching Mount Tutoku, our pilot is not shy about getting close!
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I felt like I could have reached out and grabbed a handful of snow!
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Mount Tutoku.
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Mount Pembroke.
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Looking towards the Tasman Sea from over Milford Sound.
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Approaching Milford Sound Airport.
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On short final for Milford Sound Airport.
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Its a busy little airport.
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Sightseeing planes on the ramp at Milford Sound Airport.
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Our boat, ready for the tour of Milford Sound.
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Here we go!
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The scenery is incredible, very much like Norway.
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Exploring Milford Sound.
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Another tour boat cruising on Milford Sound.
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The upper deck of our boat as we tour the sound.
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The clouds spill over the top of the fjord.
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Tim and Matthew enjoying the cruise.
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Just another waterfall...whatever!
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A couple of other boats cruising the sound as clouds spill over the top of the fjord.
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Matthew enjoying the cruise.
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Tim enjoying the sunshine on the upper deck.
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Looking up Milford Sound from the Tasman Sea.
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Heading back up the sound.
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You've got to be a serious sailor to cruise in these waters!
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The light is just starting to fill up Milford Sound.
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Seals relaxing on the rocks.
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There is water everywhere here!
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The Milford Sound Underwater Observatory at Harrison Cove.
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Getting close to the top of the sound.
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Getting close to the top of the sound.
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Getting close to the top of the sound.
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You really only get good light in the sound near midday.
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Mitre Peak
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Mitre Peak from the Milford Sound Airport.
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Time to load up and fly back to Queenstown.
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The gang loading up.
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Back in the coach cabin.
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Climbing out of Milford Sound. We take a different route back to see different scenery.
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A little delta forms where streams flow into Lake Ada.
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A waterfall spills out of a lake near Mount Elliot.
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Clouds on the mountains.
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Mirror-like Lake Erskine.
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